LIFE AND WORKS
Dec 26, 2015
LIFE AND WORKS
Born In IrelandMoved to Philadelphia as a child with familyStudied Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts & later at the National Academy of Design & Cooper Union at New York.Initially, he made his living making engravings on fine silver.He was a STILL LIFE PAINTER He used TROMPE L’OEIL as his painting technique.He was an amateur musician and played flute.He used several musical instruments and everyday items as props in his paintings.He knew how to read music and the music in his paintings can actually be played.He was extremely meticulous and detailed, with a keen sense of design and clarity of vision.Winslow Homer & La Farge were Harnett’s American contemporaries.
WILLIAM MICHAEL HARNETT1848-1892
TROMPE L’OEIL (tromp’ lowee)
Trompe L’oeil (tromp’ low-ee) is French for “fool of the eye.A trompe-l’oeil painting looks so realistic that it appears as though real objects are on the surface of the canvas or any background medium.This technique was used in still life paintings as early as 16th century.This was popular with the public, but the art critics had mixed reactions to it.Mainstream art critics hated this work as mereimitation, just a trick.Therefore, painters often displayed their works in saloons, department stores and trade shows.
Trompe L’oeil of a French Courtyard
Julian Beever – Chalk on Pavement - TokyoA sculptural mosaic in the form of a carpet thrown over marble steps -2003
Fresco with Trompe l'oeil Andrea Pozzo - 1703Escaping Criticism, 1874,
Pere Borrell del Caso, oil on canvas
Trompe l'oeilWorks
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Let’s try some Line & Space Worksheets
&Perception exercises
to understand Trompe L’oeil
MY GEMS1888
Harnett created this painting just 4 years before he died.Props that he used for this painting are items that were very dear to his heart.Music is from Verdi’s RigolettoBooks are from Shakespeare, Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida.This is an oil painting on wood.It is hanging in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
Still life violin and music - 1888 After the Hunt - 1883
Memento Mori -To This Favour
OTHER NOTABLE WORKSOF HARNETT
Just Dessert, 1891 – Oil on Canvas
William Harnett @ Art Institute of Chicago
For Sunday's Dinner, 1888 – Oil on canvas
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FUN HARNETT PUZZLES
Click the above link to direct you to the various works of Harnett
http://www.museumsyndicate.com/jigsaw/jigsaw.php?id=23096
Click the above link to direct you to “Attention Company” jigsaw puzzle.
http://www.museumsyndicate.com/jigsaw/jigsaw.php?id=23119
Click the above link to direct you to “Still Life: Violin and Music” jigsaw puzzle.
Still Life: Violin and Music
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